In August 2012, “Face to Face” TV program of “Aravot” invited Doctor of Political Sciences Levon Shirinyan. The subject for discussion was the regional and geopolitical consequences of the Syrian crisis. During this program, Levon Shirinyan predicted what happened three years later, particularly saying that Russia would have a tougher stance in the Syrian crisis, reasoning, “If Russia leaves Syria, it leaves the Mediterranean region for decades, perhaps forever, and it is over, if Russia does not give the final fight for Syria in this region, be sure that it will try to be restored, or else, I do not know. Therefore, I think, its position will be firmer as the crisis goes deeper.” In fact, he added, “Now, these may seem theoretical judgments today, but in the global politics, very often such things happen that are extremely unlikely, for example, the collapse of the Soviet Union.”
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